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Rather than convert a 60-year-old West Jackson Primary School facility into an additional west side middle school as originally planned, Jackson County school leaders are now considering constructing a new building in its place. During a presentation Thursday from Southern Architects and Engineers at the Jackson County Board of Education’s ...
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Facing more budget constraints, the Jackson County School System plans to eliminate a handful of positions for the 2015-2016 school year. With expenses expected to exceed revenue by $1.74 million, the system looks to cut 2.5 media resource specialist positions, 1.5 elementary school physical education positions and 4.5 administrative positions. ...
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A young child died from a gunshot wound it suffered in Jefferson Sunday afternoon. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation released a statement confirming that the three-year-old child died from a gunshot wound on Sunday after Jefferson Police responded to a 9-1-1 call just after 2 p.m. at a Fairfield Drive address near Gordon Street in Jefferson. ...
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The ex-girlfriend of an NFL player has been arrested for allegedly assaulting him and another woman at his Braselton residence with a baseball bat and a gun, destroying his cell phone and fleeing with his Rolex watch and several credit cards, but not before returning and slashing him with a knife. According to a Braselton Police Department ...
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A new high school will open in Jackson County in the fall giving area students the opportunity for a second chance to graduate from high school. The Foothills Education Charter High School will be located in a wing of East Jackson Comprehensive High School. Rachael Parr and Mary Ann Hale will be the site directors. The goal is for 150 students ...
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Jefferson leaders are considering a tax hike to pay for higher employee salaries and other items. At a meeting slated for Thursday, the Jefferson City Council will discuss a possible tax hike in part to pay for higher city salaries. Among the items on the agenda, the city will have a “discussion of a Tax increase to fund priority items.” In ...
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Jackson County, Jefferson and East Jackson high schools have spring productions planned. JCCHS The JCCHS Lofty Inside Outside Hey! We’re Back in the Box Players invite the community to their Spring production of Monty Python’s Spamalot! Rude Frenchmen, cancan dancers, the Lady of the Lake and her Laker Girls, Killer rabbits, catapulting ...
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Residents of Storey Meadows subdivision will be paying $30 a year in taxes to go towards improvements in the development. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners agreed Monday night to create a special tax district for the subdivision to address non-compliance issues. This will include erosion sedimentation control, road problems and other ...
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It’s been more than three years since the Romano family initiated the adoption process with two special needs brothers in Russia, but the Jefferson couple stays hopeful the country will lift its 2013 ban on U.S. adoptions. They take to social media, talk to other families, and participate in documentaries — anything to get the word out that ...
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The Jackson County Board of Commissioners is considering the use of the Gordon Street Center in Jefferson as headquarters for the county parks and recreation department. Plans for a new county parks and recreation department have been on the table for a while now and funding has been approved through special purpose local option sales tax ...
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